Bildnis einer Dame,

um 1570

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

117,3 x 100,8 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

594

Acquisition

Aus der Kurfürstlichen Galerie

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), Bildnis einer Dame, um 1570, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/QKGBPPnxBb (Last updated on 26.01.2024)

This portrait of a Venetian lady is impressive for its vitality. A dignified distance is created through the contact to the viewer out of the corner of her eye. The red garment with a pleated skirt, corset and puffy sleeves corresponds in cut and colour to the latest fashions of the day. The exquisite material and the dainty kerchief in her left hand indicate her high social status. It is probably a portrait of Zuanna Cuccina, for whose family Veronese executed several major commissions.